Means for calculating elapsed-time-values.



I. I. LINER.

MEANS FOR CALCULATING ELAPSED TIME VALUES.

.APPLICATION FILED MAR. 4| IBI-1.

1 ,245,604. Patented Nov. 6, 1917.

J. LINER.

MEANS'FOR CALCUL/WING LAPSED TIME VALUES`l Patented Nov. fi L95?.

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J. l. LINER.

MEANSvFOR CALCULATING ELAPSED TIME VALUES.

APPLICATION FILED MMI. 4, IIIII.

1,245,604. Patented Nov. 6, 1917.

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j. I. LINER. MEANS FOR CALCULATING ELAPSED TIME VALUES. APPLICTIO-N FILED MAR. 4,1914.

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JOSEPH I. LINER, OF NORTHVALE, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR TO THE COSTIMETER COM- PANY, OF DETROIT, MICHIGAN, A vCORFORATION OF MICHIGAN.

MEANS FOR CALCULATING ELAPSED-TIME VALUES.

To all wlw/m t may concern:

Be it known that I, JOSEPH I. LINER, formerly a subject' of the Emperor of Austria- Hungary, having declared my intention of becoming a citizen of the United States of America, residing. at Northvale, county of Bergen, and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and 'useful Improvements in Meansfor Calculating Elapsed- Time Values, of which the following is a full' and clear specification.

The present invention is a development or improvement upon the means for calculating elapsed time valuesl covered by Patent No. 1,069,964, dated August 12th, 1913, which involves the use'of a time value table or schedule indicating time values at various rates, and a time check or ticket having elapsed time indicated upon it by the distance apart of suitable marks. The time value table or schedule is provided with a rib or projection to facilitate placing the marked check or ticket in-proper position upon the schedule for quickly interpreting the markings upon the ticket. The main advantage in this system of calculating and re cording elapsed time values lies in the fact that no lmental effort is required, either of the workmen in marking the ticket or of the clerk in making the necessary deductions, the whole process being a mechanical one, requiring only the minimum attention in manipulating the marked tickets upon the table or schedule and copyingV the results clearly indicated in this operation.

The main object of the present invention is to improve the system of making time records `upon checks or tickets and calculating the values of such records, so as to enlarge the adaptability of the system to more general use in commercial enterprises. In carrying out this object the time check or ticket for the use of the workman in recording his time of work has been improved, not only with a view to facilitating and simplifying the marking of the ticket by the workmen but also with a further view to facilitating the work of interpreting the money value of the marked ticket with reference to the time value table or schedule employed in connection with it. The time value table jor schedule has also beenimproved to expand its adaptability and to facilitate accuracy and rapidity in its use in calculating the marked tickets.

Specification of Letters Patent.

t no elimination of an idle time of the day,

the full scale of hours from time of starting to time of finishing the days work will be included upon the ticket. In some cases the time of day scale includesan added section of scale or an additional scale, upon which to mark work performed after the regular factory hours, for which, in many cases, an additional allowance per hour is made to the workman. This scale for overtime charges is arranged upon a time value measurement proportionately greater than the measurement of the regular time of day scale, depending upon the increased rate at which the overtime is charged. By reason of this arrangement of the overtime scale upon the increased time measurement over the regular scale, it will be understood that the full value of the regular and overtime indicated upon the marked ticket can be calculated as a whole upon the time value table or schedule which is arranged upon a time measurement scale equal to the divisions of the regular time of day scale. The time of day scale can be arranged upon a 5, 10 or 15 minute interval scale of time measurement (or any other convenient interval), and the scales can be placed uponthe ticket in a single column or in cases where the interval is small, such as 5 minutes, and the ticket is relatively short, the scale can be divided up into two or more sections arranged in parallel columns. In addition to the time of day scale for the marking of the workman, each ticket is preferably provided with a series of numerals or indices indicating rates per hour, or per week, or per month, at which the several workmen of a particular factory are engaged. These rate numerals are extended transversely of the time check or ticket at one or both ends and in some cases in a series of transverse columns. The transverse spacing of the rate numerals corresponds with the transverse spacing of the columns of scales in Patented Nov. 6, 1917.l Appiicaaon mea March 4, 1914. serial No. 822,348.

the time value table or schedule hereinafter referred to, it-,being understood that the arrangement of these rate numerals must correspond with the progressive scales of the time value table or schedule, so that when the ticket is placed in position upon the table or schedule the rate numerals will properly aline with the respective progressive value scales of the table or' schedule. The ticket may be formed as a single leaf ticket or-inxthe-*fo'rm of a coupon ticket, in'which lattercase theindividual coupons are in effecttickets of reducedgsize'h'aving the essentialcharacteristics of the full size tickets.

For interpreting the various markings 'uponztickets-of the character above referred to, an'improved time valuetable .or sched'- ule' has been arranged. Theressential characteristics 'of' the improved table or `schedule are the arrangement in the .particular column'lformation of a plurality ofV progressive i value scales, each scale progressing upon a different rateand the progressive'nu'meralsI offthe'several scales being; "in transverse parallel lines.

sive positions-'ofithe' value scale numerals are arranged `upon a time value scale of measurement ithe same as'the scale mark'- ings Vof vlthe time of day scale upon the time checker ticket and. the spacing'between tlie columns 'of "scale numerals is the same as the spacing between the rate numerals of thetransverselines of rate numerals upon the* tickets. In; the forms of tickets in-which more than one transverse line of rate numerals is employed at a single end of the ticket, .it Awill be understood that each line of rate numerals refers to aseparate and disti'nct interpretingltable orschedule, it being vnecessary in such cases that'the time value table or' schedule shally have as many sections of' tables as the ticket has lines of rate numerals; In those cases in which the time check or ticket has a line of rate numerals arranged transversely at .both ends, it is necessary,fo`r interpreting all possible markings-upon such a ticket, to have two longitudinally arranged time value tables or schedulesv of progressive -value scales, with the corresponding time intervals of said schedulesv separated by la space equal to one time in.

terval'longer thanthe length of theticket. Thisfeature will be more clearly understood 1n coni'lectioi'rwlth the drawings. rlhe tickets are in some cases Vprovided with fractional rate numerals for use with wliich the time value table .Y or schedule is provided with proper progressive scales for interpretation. Each time"\`faluietablej or schedule is provided alo/ngv-onelongitudinal edge of thelseries of columnsfof numerals,"w1th a gaging flange or strip to facilitate the positioning Vof a time check 'orffticke'ttr'ansversely thereon. Thetable or schedule is also provided with a transverse gaging flange 'or'strip adjacent The progres' to one end of the series of columns of scale numerals to facilitate the positioning ofthetime checkY or ticket longitudinallythereon. The longitudinal gaging fiange or strip is preferably formed witha depression or seriesV of depressions to facilitate the placing of a pencil or other pointed instrument-finldesired position with reference to the marked time of day scale upon the check or ticket, while the ticket is being interpreted. In ythe .75 operation of interpreting a ticket marking, theoperat'or places the marked ticket face up u'po'n the' proper time value table or schedulewith one longitudinaledge of 'the` ticket inl engagement with the. longitudinal '80' gaging flange orstrip'and a transverse'edge?` inv engagement withl the transverse I gagirigj flange or stripof the schedule. The ope';V ator then: placesv his' pencil: or other. pointed r instrument" inthedepression of 'the longl- 85 tudinal gaging flange orst'rip in transverse alineme'nt `withthe marked finishing time' of theticket heldin gag'edt position. Holding? the pencil iny this position, the operator slides "j theticket downwardly using the age fiange or strip as a guide, until the mar ed time of" startingfupon tlie'ticket is opposite' 'the point of the pencil `or" otherv instrument." Thislmovement of the ticket will expose portion c of the Vtime valuel table or. schedule.' above and'below'the ticket and cover upt a portion ofthetime valuetable or scheduleequal. to the length of the ticket.' The rate fofv the par-I ticularl workman who has performed the-v work indicated by the ticket having beenl marked, it is only necessaryfor the op'eraw" to readi'from the proper scale indieated'bj".` the column above or below the checked rate'- numerals. ,This amount is copied upon thecard to complete the record.

The above exemplifies the main character' istics'of the present invention, which is ca-I pable 'of many modifications making it applicable to various systems of manufactures and business` Ain vogue today. In order that' 110 the invention may be fully understood itwill first be described with' reference tothe ac-V companying drawings andthe novelty afterward particularly pointedout'in the annexed t claims. 115

In said drawings,`

Figures 1,2 and 3 areface views of work-1' mens time-checks ortickets embodying tlie essential 'characteristics of the present in'' l ven'ti'on y and having markings to indicatuU work performed." These several tickets are, essentially the v"same, exceptingl lthatv lthse shown inf1 `igs2 .and 3 have `mcluded two forms of overtime tim'e of da'vscalesll 4 Figli is a face Sviewil of a :time value talilll or schedule havingl in lplace thereonV-instartf,`` ing-fims'ition, a marked time A(check or ticket". of the'form sliown inv Fig?.

Fig. 5 'is a similar view showingl the sec; ond position of the check orticket upon th'e'lsd table or schedule in interpreting the ticket meralsk at the top and fractional rate numerals at the bottom.

Fig. 7 is a face view of a time value table or schedule formed of three sections for use withfa ticket such as shown in Fig. 6, having three transverseseries of rate numerals.

Fig. 8 isv a face view of a further modified rformof time check or ticket having a time of day scale lof 5 minute intervals shown in two sections upon the opposite longitudinal Yedges of the ticket.

Fig. 9 is a similar view showing a coupon form of ticket with a divided 5 minute interval time of day scale..

Fig. 10 is a detail face-view of part of a 'modified formv of table or schedule for use with the form of ticket shown in Fig. 8.

Figs. 11,12, 13, 14, 15, 16 and 17 are detail views illustrating several modified forms of the longitudinal guide flange or .rib of thetime value table or schedule.

The time check or-ticket shown in Fig. 1 comprises an oblong sheet of paper or-cardboard 1, having vvariousY characters printed upon its face, including the time of day scale 2, arranged along the right hand longitudinal edge of the ticket, the series of rate numerals 3 arranged along the upper edge of theV ticket, and the series of rate' numerals 4 arrangedv along the lower edge of the ticket. The series of rate numerals 3 and 4 extend transversely of the ticket at right angles to the longitudinal time of day scale 2. The remaining face of the ticket may be provided with any suitable spaces for the `entry of items such as shown, namely, the

joby number, vthe department, the name of the workman, etc. Thel time of day scale 2 is arranged lon a 15 minute interval and the spacing of the intervals of this scale are upon a predeterminedv time measurement scale so that the distance or space between any twol marked points on this scale will indicate upon the given time measurement the hours and fractions of hours that have been ,spent upon Va particular piece of work. This time measurement scale is the same as the spacing of thenumerals in the time value scale of the table or schedule hereinafter referred to in interpreting the ticket markings. vThe `series yof rate numerals 3 and 4 are spaced transversely upon 'the time check or ticket to correspond with the column spacing of the value scales in the. table or .schedule hereinafter referred to. The ticket shown in Fig. 1 is what is known as ain-operation ticket, designed for use in factories where'the time on each particular ob is kept on a separate ticket.4

The ticket 5 shown in Fig. 2 is a slight modification of that shown in Fig. 1, the seriesv of numerals 6 and 7 at the opposite ends of the ticket being substantially the same, y

whilek the time of day scale 8, includes at its lower end van overtime scale 8a arranged on anexpanded timefmeasurement of 50% increase over the ordinary time of day scale, so that an hour on the overtime scale will equal in time measurement in calculating the cost of the workman, to one hour and a half of the ordinary time scale. Such an overtime scale is employed in factories where overtime is paid for at 50% increase over the regular rate per hour. This ticket in Fig.v 5 is arranged as a daily ticket upon which the time record fora number of Jobs can beconveniently kept.

In Fig. 3 I have shown afurther modified form of ticket 9 having av time of day scale 10 at one edge and an overtime scale 11 arranged in a parallel column upon a 50% increase basis. The rate numerals 12 and 13 in this Vform of ticket are practically. the same as shown in Figs. 1 and'2.y The ticket markings upon the tickets shown will be hereinafter referred to. The tickets of Figs. 1, 2 and 3 give weekly rates.

Referring' to Figs. 4 and 5, 15 represents a suitable frame in which is mounted two time value tables or schedules of value scales arranged longitudinally in the frame with the zero position of one schedule spaced from the zero position of the other schedule a distance equal to one time interval, more than the length of the time check or ticket which is designed to be interpreted upon said double table or schedule. In Figs. 4 and 5 a time check or ticket is shown in operative position upon the table or schedule, so that only parts of the value scales are visible, but sufficiently shown to` illustrate the principle of the invention. Along the right hand longitudinal edge of the frame 15 is mounted a gaging flange or strip 16 having adjacent to its inner edge a series of small depressions 16c to receive and position the point of a pencil or other instrument used in calculating the time marking upon tickets. Across the top of the vframe 15 is a transverse gaging strip or flange 17.

The ticket shown in Figs. 4 and 5 upon the table or schedule is the same as illustrated in Fig. 2 of the drawings, excepting the tickets are differently marked as to time spent by the workman upon several jobs. In Figs 4 and 5 the marking of the ticket indicates that the workman started upon his first job at 7 oclock and worked until 9:45, at which time he took up another job and worked until 2:30 (the noon `hour being eliminated) and worked until 4:15 and from that time he worked on a fourth job until 6:30, the time fromv 5 to 6:30 being after regular factory hours and being therefore charged Then he started a third job longitudinal scale edge in engagement with gagement withfthe',transverse gage flange 17.*- Thefoperat'or places his pencil upon the gage 16 in"transverse'alinement"with the' finishing'tinieof the first job which is '9:45 :antlfslides th'e'ticke't' downwardly until' the marked' starting time- (7 oclock) comes opposi'teflthe pencil. Hethen read'sthe numeral'sdirectly 'above the upper edge 'of -the card iin-itliecolum'n alined with the marked '*ratf'lfof'tlieticket' and that is the amount of the Workmans time at the indicated uf'eklyra'teforfthe' first job. This amount is 'copied-lin the'proper space opposite the*y the result given is that Atwo hours and 15 job 'forY whichthis time'was expended'.l To "'get'fth'e 'time'forthe second job the operator perfo'rmsthe' same operation over again, firstfmvinf "the card back to starting positionvas` shown in Fig.: 4, then placing his pencil 'uponthe gage' flange 16 opposite the 'iin'ishihgtiine foi" the 'second job which'is 2:30 and holdinghis pencil in that position," sliding 5 the card down in vengagement with flange16 untilthe time `of starting of,`

the Isecond job' (9:45) opposite thev pencil 'point.` The'am'ount in the'value scaleabove therate nunierall? lis againread, and this ivill'bethe' cost ofthe workmans time for the second job at the rate given. The' 'positions "of ftheticket in vperforming the opera- 'tioit'fof calculating the" cost' of the workmanstiinefor the 'secondjob is illustrated ca'ted'at @and Fig. Vfshowing 'the vfinishing position" in ivhich the `ticket has been drawn downto causetlie'starting time 9: 45 of thel secondjob 'toregi'ster with the pencil point Miatav. Y

IniFig`sj1, 2, 4 and 5 the'timecheck or ticket has aseco'nd rate numeral indicated by 'a dotted circle on the lower edge of the ticket.' Ifui' uckechad beenmrkea with This form of markin`may be'used Whenflr 56 this weekly rate the calculations could have been* accomplished vin l thev 'same manner by manipulating 'the ticket` as explained, and

reading lthe result on' thel scale: 'just below the Aloiver edge of the'ticket in the column ofl lIn computing thecost ofthe workman for the 'last j ob 'indicatedup'on the ticket shown ir`Figs."2,"'4 and5,"it will bevrobserved that 60? prt'fof thetim'ehasbeen'marked oif upon uiebvetine section of the time 0f day scale.1 Thisfovertim'esection ofl the scale is"arra`n"ged iipii ari increased'timeinterval,

4 dependingfupom the rate'of increase for vl'overtirie" over-:regular ytime thatE l'the par-v calculation to the equivalent of an'hour and" a half of regular factory time. Thus in the example given, the calculation of the time :'80 spent on the last jobmarkcd on the ticket, shown in Figs. 4 and 5, in which the job was started at 4: 15 and completed at 6:30, i

minutos were expended on the job,lof which 45 minutes was ordinary factory time and 1 hour and 30 vminutes was overtime. For thisilthe workmans pay will be automati-V cally calculatcd for three hours of ordinary time because the spacing'upon thek combina' 190 tion'time of day scale will be equivalent in the spacing upon theinterpreting schedule to three hours of ordinary time.

I t-'ivill be observed from Fig. 5 that the double time value table or schedule is also 91S"J provided with the elapsed time scale indi' cated at 20, the intervals of this schedule corresponding in both position and spacing with the intervals of the time value scales* of the schedule: By manipulating the ticket l as explained the elapsed time between any two `marked'times -of day can be readily 'determined.y

In the ticket with the arrangement of or-v dinary'time of 'day and overtime scales 10 `10H and 11, shown in Fig; 3, the ticket markings are vinterpreted inE substantially the same" manner explained in connection with thel ticket yof Fig. 2. A t 21 lis'shown a peculiar bracket form of marking which is sometimes V employed for eliminating an idle portion of a day when the'workman was without 'a job to perform or has been idle'for lunch ori otherpurposes, which are not chargeable."`

`hours without the elimination of an idle` noonhour. In manipulating the ticket with such a 4mark, itis a. simple matter to deduct the idle portion of the day by the use'of 120 the pencil and shifting of the ticket, the i pencil beingiirst placed upon the ide' 16 of the' schedule 'in register with the' nishing' time of the first job, which is 5 30,fthe ticket being ininitial ositiony for calculation, then movingjthe tic et downwardly against the guide gage until the time of starting markf 7 :30 registers with the pencil point; the'n'.-

` with -the ticket in this position moving the pencilto a point on the gage 16 in registryuaw [with theupper portion o f 'the bracket mark I 21, and with the pencilheld in this position,

shifting `the ticketupwardly until the lower portion of the bracket mark 21 is in vregistry with the pencil point. rThe result will show that nine hours and 15 minutes were spent .in the first job marked upon the ticket of Fi 3. Y

ractically the same process is carried out for determining theelapsed time and its value marked partly on the4 ordinary time of day scale 10, and theparallel overtime scale 11 `of, Fig. 3. I `heyticket is placed upon the-schedule in initial position and with the pencil upon the gage 16 opposite the lower 7 oclock positionof the ticket scale 10, the ticket is shifted `downwardly until the time of starting of the second job namely 5:30, is vin registry with the pencil point. The ticket is held inthis shifted position and the pencil moved to a pointupon the gage opposite the finishingtimeof said second job. which is 8:30, marked upon the overtime scale 11,v whichpoint is easily located by the aid of the ordinary time of day scale at the edgeof the ticket. With the pencil held in this second position the ticket is Y again moved downwardly until the 7 oclock position on the overtime scale is in transverse registry with the pencil point. The result upon the time valve scale of the -schedule will show that the equivalent of threehours and 45 minutes of ordinary time hasbeen expended, whereas as a matter of hour from 12 to 1 eliminated. This ticketY fact only three hours has actually been put in, yonehourand a half of which was overva daily time check or ticketv25 having along itsright hand longitudinal edge an ordinary time of day scale 26, giving the intervals of time from 8Y oclockin the morning until 5 oclock in the afternoon and with kthe noon .also has across its upperV edge three transversecolumns of rate numerals 27, 28l and 29showing hourly rates of time cost, and

across'the bottom edge'of the ticket certain fractional rates 30l and 31, indicated as -tenths and hundredths.v The yface of the ,ticket has spaces to receive the proper deseriptive features, time andi amount.v The ltime ,of day' scale inpthisform vof ticket shows a 10 minute intervalbetween the divisions= of the scale and thevhourly rates range lfrom 10 to 51,1.making ythe ticket applicableto a great range of work. This vstyle of ticket can be made of increased scope by altering its dimensions and it will of course be understood that the particular rates selected can be applied tothe condi- 4tions in any factory where the time card andcalculating system is `to be used;

Forjinterpretingthefmarkings of this time ticket of Fig. 6, it is necessary to pro- -vide a plurality of time value tables or schedules. In F ig. 7 I have shown more or less diagrammatically, a form of table or schedule which has been practically used 'and conveniently answers the purpose for ,reading markings with this form of ticket.

.Referring to Fig. 7, it will be observed that I have represented a multiple value table or schedule, *comprising three main sections I,

II and III, mounted in parallel relation ranged to correspond with the time interval of the time of day scale upon the ticket to be interpreted. The value scales are arranged in parallel vertical columns spacedl equally apart laterally and the corresponding intervals of the several scales are in alinement transversely of the schedule. vEach lower section 34 of the schedule is in vertical alinement with an upper schedule section, and the distance between corresponding time intervals of two sections 33 and 34 is equal to one time interval more than the length of the ticket so that when the ticket is placed upon one section of the table or schedule the corresponding parts of the upper and lower value scales will be eX- posed .above and below the opposite edges of the ticket. The lower schedule sections 34 for use with the ticket shown in Fig. 6 arey time value scales for interpreting the fractional rates indicated at the bottom of the time ticket. The several sections of the table or schedule are designed to give time values for the several transverse rows orV series of hourly rates found at the top of lthe time ticket, with fractional additions found at the bottom of the ticket, the first section of the schedule giving value scales for the rates found in the first transverse row 27 'of rates,

.that in the second'section for the second row 28 and the third section for the third row 29.

Arranged upon the right of each schedule section is a gage rib or strip 16 having a longitudinal channel 16a adjacent to its inner edge, and at the top of each schedule section observed that the hourly Arate ofthe particular workman who .has performed the work and marked the ticketis given as 31% per The rate numeral 31 Vbeingjin'the second transverse column at the toprvofthe ticket it must be understood that thev ticket so marked must be interpreted by the second f section of the composite time Value schedule.

" scale is made up p A "that to include the'vvhole day scale, itl is a'r- 'The ticketis accordingly yplaced in this sec- 'tion II of the schedule and positioned with its time of day scale edge in Contact ivvith the guide rib 16V and its upper edge'incontact vwith the transverse gage 17 With the pencil or *other pointed v,instrument placed' inthe channel 16l` of the gage rib"f16,in registry With the marked i nishing -time i of tle-first ob (10 10) the ticket is moved downwardly until the marked starting time- (8:30) comes in registry with the point of the pencil. y'lfhe resulting value of the time spent at the rate o given will be-found in the va ue scales partly above and partly-below the edges of the ticket -in the ycolumns in whichy the marked rate nunieral.s"31'and 5 arefoundg'since this'ticket QS-has in addition to the 31 cent rate mark- Kng at the top, a fractional rate marking'at the bottom, namely five-tenths or one-"half,

making the rateli; cents perlhour,lsothat in reading the ticket theloperator 4has Lto A'tion of? the improved time-ticketfyhaving a `divided? time of day scale, oneVhalf of the scalebeing Varranged upon each of the vlongitudinaledges o the ticket. This -divided of 5 minute intervals 'vso ranged in sections. AThe morninghalf rof the `scale'is `'shown at 40l and the' ,afternoon half of the scale l at V4 1. 'The usualfidentifying data: have been omitted from thisticket. `A` series of rateinumerals 42 isarranged across the top of the ticket. lIn interpreting the markings upon a' ticket of yth'efo'r'm shoyvn inlFig. 8 I employlthe-time value table or schedule of a plurality of value'scales Vcomputed on pro erratios and mount ,such schedule in the rame havinglongitudinal gagesll aty both sides and a'transv'erse gage `1"(l at 'thelvtop, asshown in 10, theftvo gages '16 being separated by exactlyfthe 'Width of ther-ticket Ito be usedwith this form of schedule. The Iscale nurneralsof` this schedule yhave been omitted -sincefit will `be und'eistoodthat they arevof lthe same'progressi ve forms as those above described.`

In'Fig. V9-'1 have shown the coupon form of ticket, ,each coupon of which, as indicatedy at 45 is provided with two parallel time 'of 'day scales atone edge, as shown at '46 andi?, and atrai'isvese f series o lrate numeas across-the top edge, as shown at 48. `These coupon tickets are divided by perforated llines indicated at 49, which enable them to vbe` readily separated so that they can be used `Vfor separate jobs andtled away as showing part of the cost of a particular job. yThey'iil- 4-terpretation of the'lticke-t markings-is accomplished on afpropei: time valu'e table orfls before explained. "'Tlhe vertical gage rib ora-flangeg 16 ernployed upon the time value table or schedllle schedule upon the same principle as herein- C' u. c v may bef constructed 1n various forms 11G 80 have shown several modifcationsof this art of the'mec'hanism in'FigsLll 'to 1-7. In. Y 11'-, 12and-13,='gagel1t 3'is shown with a series of shallow recesses, .fr With which the point of the pencil orothei-instrument canbey yread-ilyl positioned. Asiilndiated in Figs-4 and 5 of thedrawings, theseshallow recesses 'are spacedtov Vagree withthe spacing of'the 'time of day and time valuelscales ofthe jtickety and) schedule. j These individual re- ",cesses lare 'not essential, though they are Isn xadded convenience Jin accurately and quickly llocatingtlie position -forthe pencil in mnnipula'ting the ticket upon the schedule.

`/F1gs.]A,'l1:' ,216 and'l'f, the gage 16 is shown vith a continuous channel if i'ii. its upper'f'ace loo " #In'Fi s. 11 and- Hthe gage -llfis m c0106 with ap ain gaging' inner edge, While in Figs. l12? and-15 fthe gaging Aface is f undercutfl'is shown ,at ev so as to provide an overhangi t ledge "of "the gege under which gh ofthe tic t 'can be quickly placed more-'readily moved up'and down uponltho 'schedu1e,theledgeof the gage servingtoi'etainlthejgagin'g edge bf the ticketli'n pdl- 4tion during?thejmainipulationsl 'l The tir tickets havin :Weekly or mont gates-gina th time va ue" 'schedules ce 'ondin'g with such tckets' are useful "for ff rtain factory conditions in which='- e Wages Yare reckoned Von' s'iich bas'is. f vfo'rinslof 'tickets and interpreting usuallyv require special preparation 't6 the particularcoiiditions in the 'factoyf 6r 'ivhichthey are designed since the ran'` "Bf 'rates and' the interpreting value scales ive are those .shown in l: igs; .1,v efalpd enfui@ drawings. i

@no l hedeleseuo l The ticket shown in Fig. 6 of the drawings is of a form which may be said to be of universal yapplication it being designed upon an hourly rate which is adopted in a great many factories and which can be made applicable to conditions in which a weekly or monthly rate is in vogue, by reducing said weekly or monthly rate to an hourly table which would be found to apply to the hourly rate ticket.

What I claim is:

1. The combination of two time value tables or schedules each comprising a plurality of progressive value numeral scales arranged in parallel column formation, and the columns or' one table or schedule being in alinement with those of the other, with a time check or ticket having a time scale corresponding in spacing with the scale numerals of the schedules, and two series of rate indices arranged at opposite ends of said ticket, said rate indices being spaced to correspond with the column spacing of the schedules, the length of said time check or ticket being one time interval shorter than the distance between the zero positions of the two alined schedules.

2. The combination of two time value tables or schedules each comprising a plurality of progressive value numeral scales arranged in parallel column formation, and the columns of one table or schedule being in alinement with those of the other, with a time check or ticket having a time scale corresponding in spacing with the scale numerals of the schedule, and two series of rate indices arranged at opposite ends of said ticket, said rate indices being spaced with reference to an edge of the ticket to correspond with the column spacing of the schedules, corresponding parts of said schedules being separated by a space equal to the length or' the ticket and the space of one time interval.

3. The combination of a time value table .f

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